Time for the first of our exclusive interviews from San Diego Comic Con. We were lucky enough to sit down with writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing to discuss their brand new series, Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic. The first issue of the DC Comics series comes to comic book stores on July 25, 2023.
Collin and Jackson discuss Terry’s latest adventure, celebrating 25 years of Batman Beyond and exploring deep beneath the streets of Neo-Gotham with brand new Catboi Kyle. There are minor spoilers ahead for the first issue of Neo-Gothic so consider yourselves warned!
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Terry McGinnis defeated the evil A.I. controlling Neo-Gotham and asserted himself as the one true Batman, but his next battle will bring him to the remains of Old Gotham. Children are going missing and being swallowed by the city’s old bones. Batman Beyond will have to go underground, led by a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi, to find the children and confront the city’s buried sins. What happened to the green of the city? What happened to magic? And what villains never left old Gotham?
Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic #1 features a main cover by series artist Dunbar, with open to buy variant covers by Christian Ward and Ejikure, with a 1 in 25 ratio variant cover by Belén Ortega and a 1 in 50 ratio variant cover by Dike Ruan. The book comes to comic book stores on July 25, 2023.